Posted on 02/21/2020 12:36:50 PM PST by kathsua
Outside of Judaism and Christianity, the history of mankind is pretty ugly.
A public school teacher in Northeast USA 45 years ago was allowed to teach this to my non-advanced History class.
The author of your blog (?you?) writes disjointed, unorganized, random thoughts.
My first ancestor in this country (before it was USA) was an indentured servant. He was Dutch, on my mother’s side, and was brought to “New Netherlands” (early 1600’s) by Kiliaen van Rensselaer, the patroon of Rensselaerwyck in New Netherlands. He was a wheelwright and wagon maker who was contracted to make 8 wagons for his master before he could work for himself. He eventually got his freedom and 100 acres of land south of Albany, NY.
I don’t recall seeing much bad press about the Buddhists either.
Give me a reason to believe an indentured servant was a slave.
Remember people didn’t live as long then as now. Your indenture could be extended for a whole host of infractions against your master\mistress. The legal system was not on your side to protect you from that. I remember reading about a female indentured servant who got her indenture extended (Don’t remember how long!) for spilling the wine.
Where and who sold slaves and where they came from
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3818053/posts
Bump
Until the last 5 years when the UN and BBC started hammering them for their oppression of Muslims in Burma.
Slavery was endemic in North America when the Spaniards discovered it. As was cannibalism, human sacrifice, and torture.
Outside of Judaism and Christianity, the history of mankind is pretty ugly.
Unless I am mistaken most of the slave owners in the United States professed to be Christian.
“Give me a reason to believe an indentured servant was a slave.”
Hmmm, let me see. The Master could beat his servant for ANY reason. The master could sell the indenturement to anyone at any time. The indenture time could be extended for almost any reason, and if the paperwork of the registration of the indenturement was lost or destroyed the indentured person would AUTOMATICALLY become a permanent slave.
Take a look at serfdom sometime. Not much better.
Your Point?
Slavery existed for many thousands of years before any Europeans came to the Americas.
Williamsburg has (or at least had) an exhibit that discussed how the first slaves in North America were the Irish and the Scotts. It was verrry dependent on who you were “indentured” to. They made it sound like most were never freed.
About 10-15 years ago a body was found buried in a basement of a very old house in Annapolis. Young male, signs of horrible physical abuse. They he assumed was a black slave. Testing showed he was from the British Isles, very probably an indentured servant.
Your Point. Americans owned 4.2 million slaves in the United States according to the 1860 census. The vast majority of slave owners were white and Christian.
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=449
“During the 17th century, indentured servants suffered an appalling death rate. Half of all white servants in the Chesapeake colonies of Virginia and Maryland died within five years of their arrival. Since servants cost half as much as slaves, they were a more economical investment.”
Being a slave meant you were more likely to survive, since your owner had an incentive to keep you healthy.
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